politics

THE leadership of the Labour Party on Wednesday said it was disappointed with the verdict of the Enugu Election Petitions Tribunal which affirmed Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party as the governor of the state. The reaction is coming three weeks after the tribunal upheld that Mbah won the …

SENATE President, Godswill Akpabio has said he bears no grudge against any of his colleagues over the recent happenings in the Senate. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Senate President, Eseme Eyiboh, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja, hours after the drama that ensued during the …

SENATOR Ifeanyi Ubah, the member representing Anambra South senatorial zone in the Senate, defected from the Young Progressives Party, YPP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Soon after his sudden defection letter was read at plenary by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, Ubah was received by the APC National Chairman, …

ABIA State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that its attention has been drawn to a statement credited to the former Senate President, Senator Adolphus Wabara, where he reportedly endorsed Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, for a second term. The Party in a statement signed by its …

SENATE President Godswill Akpabio has denied his alleged involvement in the ouster of Senator Elisha Abbo from the Senate. Naija News had earlier reported that the Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Monday, voided the election of Abbo of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Reacting in an interview with reporters in Abuja, Abbo …

THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State has given Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu a three-day ultimatum to either resume at the Governor’s Office in Akure, or resign. The youth wing of the party issued the ultimatum on Monday at the party’s secretariat in Akure, Ondo State capital, while protesting the …

THE Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the election of the Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Ishaku Abbo. Abbo was elected in February 2023 under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The court, according to Channels TV, ruled in favour …

A former member of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon Christopher Atule Okoche, who represented Ibaji Constituency on the platform of the People Democratic Party, (PDP), has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). Okoche was also a former Caretaker Chairman of Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi …

THE All Progressives Congress, APC, National Campaign Council for the November 11 governorship poll in Bayelsa State has said the party will triumph the election in spite of the disqualification of its candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva. The Chairman of the Council, Gombe State governor Inuwa Yahaya, stated this when he …

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, has apologised for supporting former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 to become the Nigerian leader. Momodu,  the Publisher of Ovation Magazine, gave the apology while reacting to a post by an X user @meethassan_ who had said the PDP chieftain and …